Feed mechanism for tinning or galvanizing machines.



L. JONES.

FEED MECHANISM FOR IINNING on GALVANIZING MACHINES,

APPLICATION IILED APR. 1, 1912.

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wa-rmzsszs Mm L. JONES. FEED MECHANISM FOR TINNING 0B. GALVANIZING MACHINES.

APPLICATION TILED APILI, 1912.

A m. E In 8 m B H d3 62 LIU n m a P 2 INVENTOR "WELL'ZN JONES, OF NEW GASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'IO AMERICAN sHEE'J. 8c TIN PLAT COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION ft? NEW JERSEY.

FEED IMECHANISM FOR TINNING OR GALVANIZING IVTIACEIINEE in accordai'ice with this invention. i is a plan of the apparatus shown in if) in the draw" 2 di'a' ignatea a galvi.

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llfllllthh'fittl. Patented Nov. 17,1914. Application filed April 1, 1912. Serial No. 687,782.

To (Mi i/ ay concern: ingor tinninp; pot in which the tin, spclter 55 Ille it known that l, LLI-AVELLYN Joni-1s, a or other coating material is mantainml in a citizen of the United States, residing, at New molten condition. The pot as shown no Castle in the county of Lawrence and State ridcd with guides 3, *t and i and guides t3 5 oi lF'ennsylvania, have invented certain new and T, El and t) by means ot' which the for-- and useful Feed Mechanism for 'linning o1" ward ends et' the sheets or plates being no Galvanizing llzlaehines, of which the followcoated aredirected into the bite of one or ing is a specification. the other of the two sets of 't'eed-out rolls e 'l /lyinvention relates to the construction shown. The lower sets of feed-out: rolls 10' of the feed-out mechanism for tinning and and ll, 12 and 13 engage with and feed the galvanizing machines and more particularly coated sheets or plates upwardly into the relates to the construction of the rolls used bite of the upper sets of feed-out rol'h; 14 in handling the coated sheets or plates in and 15,01'10 and-17. the passage of the sheets orplates out of The feed-out rolls are rotatahly mounted 16 the tinning or galvanizing pots and in rein hearings oi the usual construction at, each moving surplus coating metal from the end tl'iereof which :are adjustahly secured to '70 plates emerging from t to coating;- metal in the sides of the not 53 and the top sets of the pots, fecd-out rolls l4: and lb, 16 and 17 may he The size of rolled sheets and plates has provided with Wipers or brushes 18 which 20 been constantly increasing, both in length engage with the roll faces and remove any and width in recent years and the increased molten coating metal adhering thereto so as width oil the sheets has necessitated an in-- to in inaintainiiug the rolls in operacrease in the width of the pots and required tive condition and prevent damage to the a eoi'rest'ionding inerease in the length of the surfaces of the coated materials passed heas teed-out rolls in coating such sheets and tween the feed-out rolls.

plates. in providing the necessary stillness Located at an intermediate point in the and strength in the lengthened rolls, the length of the feedout rolls let and 1.7 are diameter of these rolls has been materially the shoes ll) and 20 forming intermediate increased. and owing to the increase in the hearings which contact with the surfaces of 30 diameter of the rolls the length of the pots these rolls to prevent springing thereof.

' has also been increased. Such increase in The shoet 'lt) is pivoted to the lower end of the length of the pots lengthens the distance an arm or lever 21 pivoted at an intermethe sheets must be fed into the nets by hand, diatc point in its length to a hrackct between the guides therein, before the front which is fastened to the tlnning not 2. The

end of the plates are engaged by the .teedupper end at the arm :21 is provided with u out rolls and makes the operation of feedsermv-llnroaded holt by which the arm is no ing the plates to the pots much znoreditlieultfastened to the pot 2 and is adjusted in and arduous. holding the shoe 19 in cngagrenii'ent with the One object of this invention is to provide feed'out roll 14.. The shoe E30 tor the, feedat, rolls for tinning and galvanizing machines out roll 11 is pivoted to one LnCl of the hcnt having novel means whereby a material in-- znee or hell erai'ik lever 52 which is pivoted crease in the length o't'the feed-out rolls may to the bracket hearing 225 on the cross bar be made without, eorrespondiugly increasing 96 of the pot 2.; and the outer end of the arm the roll diameters and the length of the pots 24- of the hell crank lever :24 is adjusted and 45 and without lessening the strength and stitlis held in adjusted position by means of the mess of the rolls. serew-threaded bolt 27. 100

Referring to the drawing forming part Between the feed-out rolls 15 and in are of this specitifation, lligure 1 shows a seethe sectional shoes 28 :49, 30 and 31. formtional side elevation of a tinning or galvaning the center hearings engagingwith the 50 izing not having feed-out rolls and roll sun surfaces of the rolls 15 and 16. These mow porting hearings constructed and arran able, sectionalshoes have angular wed ing; 1%

0}? holes therein through. which the bolt .i ant a helical 51 mg 55 is lLCltQll octween t1 upper face of the wedge block 232 and the splin follower ill on ti 0 lwll ill, the connotes ii on the spring being icgw lute-Cl by means of the not 233 on the bolt l i ll'JQil the helical spring the 5 0ctionzil weal "Ticks 32, 33 viel ilingly lielcl on i witl: the faces of the rolls lb .1 3 so as to prevent springing of rolls 1 7 :li would otherwise occur extreme length and. rela- 'ly snnnl diameter 01 the rolls.

in. the Opt-1X11 til-1n of my iin noved z ppni'z ms, the supply of coating; material is maintained in the not 2 in a molten condition as l" o'fme and the plates. and sheets are fQQl into, through anal out of the coating both of coating material in the usual known. man- 2181. Preparatory to starting the apparatus in operation the hearing blocks 19 anal :20 are moveal into engagement with the faces "'the feed-(nit rolls l t and 1.7 and the nut (FE 5? on the bolt 34' is adjusted to COITIPIQSS the -i n-ing Elf and force the Wedge blocks 23: znnl 3 into n'etlpging or gtlilmll' with the se iionul blocks 5, 0) {mil 3'1 the hCCilUIlill blocks in tan-n being forced oiit'Wni-(lly into .icnt

Will! the siirfnccs oi the rolls '16 so that the rolls lii'C supported at ilnr c point in tlncir length :i'ml spring of file rolls lln-i'cl'iy pi'cventetli i f my llflvlllllull will he th c al "lUllGl'l in tlimnstinetioii and moot oil the intermediate bearings 10 apparatus lnill'ling the llsti'lhQtllSilQ boiling in position may he made Withoutdeparting 'fyom my invention The invention may he applied for use on a machine en'iploying out one set of rolls as Well as on the duplex machine. shown and other changes 111:1) he made Within the scope of 111), invention as lefinccl in the appended claim,

Appii 'atus for coating metal comprising in comljiinzition pot for the coating metal, it gluialily of sets of rolls mounted therein to engage the sheets passed through said pot, SI-llll rolls being cylindrical in cross section and arranged to contact with the sheets 'iit all points-in the Width of the sheets, heurings for the ends of the rolls intermediate beni'ings unguging with the outside rolls of the ziinl supporting Silld rolls between the anon thereof, :u'ms pivoted on tho not on which said hearings are nioiintel'ljmeans -t'oimoving said arms to adjust- :inl hold said lieui-in gs in engagement with said rolls, sectional liciings ongn 'i; the adjacent l imam, 

